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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-01
PREMATURE BURIAL.
Tho Horrible Experience AMI Death OF au
Elderly French Woman.

Another case of premature burial
worthy of being analysed in the real
istic manner of lola has occurred in
France. An elderly woman who lived
at st. Ouen in Louerie recently fell i'll.
and, as her friends thought, died. The
funeral took place, and rs the grave
digger was preparing to lower the coffin
into the earth he heard means issuing
from inside the lugubrious four boards
enclosing the presumed corpse. The
grave-digger, half frightened Mt the
probable ghost which his imagination
conjurcd up, and partly awed by the
requirements enacted by the law
in circumstances such rs those in
which he found himself placed, left
the coffin in care of the mourncrs and
went off with his sombre story to M. 10
Marie. That rural dignitary, having
duly donned his scarf of office and
summoned the village doctor. pro-
ceeded to the local Goods acre" The
coffin was then opened. and it was dis
covered that the woman had just died
from fright, having awakened from u
trance to find herself hemmed in be-
tween the terrible deal planks.
When horrible scenes like this are
repeated it Is time for the authorities
and the public at large to take into
consideration the invention Of the in
genious undertaken who has adopted as
his motto; mo more premature
burials." This practical person offers
to supply in all cases Of doubtful death
an apparatus by means Of which those
who have had the misfortune to be
buried alive may not only inhale fresh
air on their awakening, but also COM
municate by signal with the world
which has left them for dsad London
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-01
LITTLE BY LITTLE.

Not in n roaring river pouring
Falls the summer rain,
Bnt with sprinkle, patter, tinltlo,
On roof and hill and plain.
Drop by drop--how the green leaves grows
Drop by drop--how the fair buds bow.
Tho SHOWS that cover the bare earth over
TO wrap her winter sleep.
Fly hithcr, thithcr, feather by feather,
Until they lie ltncc-dccp.
Flake by iiaie guards tho bulb from harmi
Flake by flake is the wheat kept warm.
The orchard glnddcus the eys and reddons
With apples ail its trees;
But not in q minute was drawn within II
Tho sweets OF sun and breeZc:
The black seed rst, then the tender shoot,
The trunk, the blossom, and now the fruit.
Never were scvcn.league. boots given
Except in the fairy tale,
Nor can wishing hurry the speed, or carry
One over peak and dale.
Step by step, in shino and shade.
Is the long road travelled, the Journey mado.
Second by second tmo is rccltoned.
As winged arc they as boos,
Too swift for counting, yet soon amounting
To years and centuries.
Every tick of the clock says onci
And all II cun do for the world is done.
Small however the true ondeavor,
Great may its outcome be,
A burden lightcncd: lone life brghtcnod;
A slave to sin set frec
The sick and the sorrowing visited.
The naked clothed and the hungry fed
--Krs. Clara Doty Bates. In s. S. Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-01
EGYPTIAN WOMEN.
Strange Laws and Customs Prevailing II
tho Khedive's DOminions.

tho Khedive's Dominions.
The afternoon drive is an imaginary
contact with the world; for. as matter
of fact, the ladies might almost as well
be at home. At four o'clock or there
abouts natty little brougham drawn
by pair of long-tailed Russian horses
drives up to the door. and the ladies'
for they almost invariably drive two
and two, great lady accompanied by
friend or slave girl-are assisted
into the carriage with as much care as
if they were made of snow. The more
scrupulous ones will even hold a
parasol between their faces and the
coachman to prevent contamination
from side glances.
Most of them, however,, start with
full intent to be seen as much as possi-
BILE, and after settling themselves down
ON the satin cushions and assuring
themselves that the mirror is well
busted. the cigarettes and matches in
their places. the chocolate creams or
nougat fresh from the bakery and tho
bouquet sweet and properly arranged,
slip off the habarah and are ready
to front the gaze of the curious. The thin
nest of yashmaks covers the reddest
of lips and the chin. and well-kohled
eyes keep a smart lookout for exchange
of compliments by passers-by. The
wives Of the Pashas do not wear tho
Turkish transparent yashmak, but cover
their mouths and the lower part of the
face with cambrlc or cotton burghoo
tied round the back of the head.
The Shoobra and Gezireh drives aro
to Cairo much what tho Row is to
London, and all the Beys and Pashas
don their best and either caracole forth
on prancing steeds or. more luxuriously.
are driven in tho train of the harems.
II tho lady is inclined to exchange
flowers, notes, cigarettes or even con-
versation no hindrance is likely to be
offered by the black janitor on the box.
seat of tho driver. But talking must be
done in private, and some sidewalk OF
otherwise secluded spot must be chosen
for any thing more than q flying pass
ing compliment. For In the East every
man Is the guardian not only Of his own
hareni, bit also Of everybody else's.
A man may thrash his own wife to death
with very doubtful chances Of anybody
intervening, but he may not look at his
neighoor's harem. --Soturd0y Review
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-01
AN INTELLIGENT JUROR.
Uncle Toms Ideas Concerning Law and
Kindred subjects.

Uncle Toms Ideas Concerning Law and
Kindred subjects.
care you citizen of Wyandotte
Conntyp" asked the Hon. Bailey Wag-
gener of an old colored man who hob
bled into the jury box with the aid of
long hickory cane.
II is, sah," replied the aged darkey.
"How long have you been suchp'
II donno, sah." le '7i3 1t5
"Have you formed or expressed an
opinion about the casep"
"Well, l donno. have resulted the
matter considerable, and when my mind
was fully rectitied l went down to de
track. I met the sheriff. and he told
me to reappear, and left.
"Have you formed an opinion that
the train was wrecked by accident or
designp' fi' 8rl
Eyes. sab; think it was wrecked by
'zign." - os5
care you opposed to capital punish
mentp" 't" ie'
mo. sah."
"Do you know what capital punish-
ment isP''
mo. sah."
Have you any conscientious scru-
ples?"
..No, have not" A Ihl
'Do you think that man should be
hanged for murderP" oIp
"Yes, sah."
"If the evidence in the case should
show the defendant to be guilty Of mur-
der would you hesitate to- find a verdict
of guilty because the penalty might be
deathp" .taif.
"Yes sab, would"
"In the trial of tho case would you
be controlled by the evidence or by
what you have heardp'' n broii..
II would to the best of my ability"
Would the evidence control you in
arriving at n verdictp"
"Not if / could help it."
"Do you know what an oath isp"
II does not"
'In the trial of the case would you
feel yourself bound by your oathp"
II has not Elected on that subject,
sab. ."-Kansas city Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-01
Very stupid Indeed.

Even child sometimes ascribes the
neglect Of the ordinary social duties
and courtesies by one Of its companions
to tho true cause, but usually children
are only frank enough to speak their
minds on the subject.
A little child, seeing another, some-
what older than herself. looking In at
the garden gate, ran to her In most
friendly manner. et M hs
"What il 90 namep" she asked, sew
cral times. without receiving an answer.
"Where do 90 libp' she continued,
with the same effect
The visitor then slowly walked away.
and the socially inclined child called
after her; .Dib my lub To 90 mamma.
90 toopidr'- YOUTHS 0onspanion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-01
PUNoENr PARAGRAPHS.

"A man never has good luck who
has bad wife. -Bcechey.
Many husband wishes that the
tradesmeh would trust him as fully as
his wife does. - Boston Post.
1t is a pity that our ncighbors do
not know as well as we do what is best
for them. Boston Courier.
There Is no package so small that
a woman will not have It sent home in
large rod wagon, in preference to
carrying it.--Harper's Basar.
True honor is that which refrains
from doing in secret what It would not
do openly. and where other laws are
wanting. imposes law upon itself.
do not marry for riches, my son;
but remember that the husband of an
heiress is seldom obliged to get up at
five o'clock in the morning and build
the fire. 1eras Sitlings.
The Englishman who said there
we're no ruins in this country could
never have met an American citizen re-
turning home after n torchlight process
sion. Burlington Free Press.
--One of the queer things of the age
is that where one man can be found to
work for two dollars day four can be
found to sit on the fence and look ut
him for nothing. .--Lincol,; Journal.
"A New Yorker has invented =
vacuum, but the authorities in WASH
ington refuse to grant him patent on
1t. They say his vacuum is q bare
faced infringement ON dudes head
No,ristoWn Herald. ,f 4 M
Every one who would rise must ba
thinker and worker. Not chiefly
by study or reading will man become
the first; there is often much knowledge
with few ideas; there are very learned
men without any grand thoughts Of
their own.
1t is said that when an Indian dies
his surviving relatives pay all his debts.
We are acquainted with a man whom
we heartily wish would turn Indian and
die. If he reads this it will be just like
him to wonder who is meant.-PhiIG-
delphiG Call
The best thing to give to your en-
emy is forgiveness; to IN opponent, toll
erance; to a friend. your heart; to your
child, good example; to father, def.
erence; to your mother, conduct ths9
will make her proud of you; to your
self, respect; to all men charity. -Mrs.
BaJour
"A story in an exchange begins:
"Madge lie Baron walked home through
the gathering twilight with a frown on
her pretty face" After such an intro
duction as that it is most startling to
find the story winding up with no ref
erence to ..Snooks's Blood Purifier or
'Madame Crinoline's Imperial Bustle."
Boston Transcript. M
Magazine Editor-sI regret to say,
Sit. that must dispense with your serv-
ices" Able Assistant-''Whatp" This
magazine can appear only once more;
/ will set up the last number myself and
then lie down to die" "Ah, the time
has come; the blow has struck; the day
of American literature is dead" Eyes,
the war articles are all out. "-Onadha
World.
-"Did you hear the sad news about
Jcnksp" asked Gus Snobberly of Charlie
Knickerbocker mo, what is itP'' He
was drowned while rowing boat in
Central Park" "Couldn't he swimP"
THAT wouldn't have made any diff
ference. Swimming in Central Park is
strictly prohibited, and the park police
enforce the law, you know. If he had
tried to swim he would have been
ciubbed to death. - Tc1as Sif1ings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-01
When I recovered consciousness, th,

When / recovered consciousness, th,
room had become silent again. Bu
fright held mo nailed to the spot. Al
length l decided to escape, with wha,
caution you may imagine. On tiptoe
gained the door, which had not been
closed. Not o sound, not breath.
Feeling my way, I passed into tho hall.
waited to see q head thrust suddenly
from out the shadows. knife CLEAN in
the dark. But no--.the brute, glutted
with crime. slept without rcmorse.
descended the stairs. drew the bolt OF the
door, and. half fainting. with the blood
frozen into my veins, fell into the
gutter of the deserted street.
Doctor Bcrtram had listened to my
recital with the deepest interest.
"And there found you, Mr.. Furniss,
and in what a state! Could you recog-
nize the housep'
YES" replied; "but to what cndp"
"Well, let me cure you, and then we
shall go together to the house of these
assassins."
Eight days later tho doctor and I
stood in Lower Abbey street. 1 recog-
nized the terrible house. All the blinds
were drawn; in front of the door u
placard was placed, bearing the legend:
"To Let"
l inquired of the former residents
from neighbor.
"They have been gone month or
MORE" she replied. ''It's q great pity,
for they were very nice people. y
Translated for the Argonaut, from the
French of Octave Mirbeau.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-01
ON THEIR OWN HOOK.


A study OF tho self-supporting Women OF
New York City.
In New York there are every year
more and more women living "on their
own hook" How do they live, how do
they like it themselves, these women
OH their own hook, who, of course, are
generally living out of family homes,
and are often isolated among strangers
in this big cityp Like most compre-
hensive questions that can not be an
swcred in word. All over the town,
sandwiched in among other boarding
and lodging house denizens, is the self
supporting or the stud ent woman; but
it is not under such circumstances that
the best study of her can be made;
tlocking by herself in this Dundreary-
ish fashion, she is neither SO happy nor
so characteristic rs when the tlocks in
more normal fashion with others of a
feather. There are houses that she
takes possession of through spontane-
Gus volition, as it were, and there are
houses that are specially dedicated to
her service. There are many classes
of her, and she is something like the
same person Of song and story,
who when she was good was very
good indeed, and when she was bad she
was horrid; when our woman on her
own hook is jolly and enjoyable. she is
most delightful creature, and when
she is doleful she is the most doleful
creature in pessimistic world. Among
the poorly-paid workers. such as seams
tresses and saleswomen, life rs 1 have
seen it is very gray indeed, and when
they get old it is hopelcssly drab.
This is by no means altogether the
result of poverty. I've known little
artists of one kind and another poorer,
though not much, for the best of rea-
sons, but when common types of hui
manity are taken ont of that school of
the affections, the family, and put at
grinding labor that furnishes little or
no food for the mental activity, the
result is deadening and dulling that
is not cheerful to contemplate. Just
what should be done about it is easier
to ask than to answer; though excep-
tions may be numerous these are not
the class of minds that can be easily
amused by the elevated forms of enter
tainment that philanthropists usually
| favor.
The most interesting classes of inde-
pendent women are the students and
those who are working in the field
where they have formerly been
students.
There are now about two thousand
out-of-town art students in New York
in the winter, and the most of these
are women. They, too. are generally
poor, but they are apt to have souls
above luxury. To care pre-emin emily
about some pursuit and to be able to
follow it, that is evidently the great
necessity to happy existence. have
not noticed that talent so inevitably
goes with this decided prediction as
most people think, but if one loves an
occupation enough it is not necessary
to be successful in it to be happy-the
pursuit is itself happiness. Nowhe re
is this oftener the case than among the
painters, except among those that
are learning to be painters.-M Y.
Graphic.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
The Poor Mans Helm. /,

No business that we know of offers tc
the poor man better inducement, such
equal rights and division of labor as
the culture of domestic fowls. There
is no monopoly, and, what is better,
never will be. It's nicely balanced.
not given to fuctuation, permanent and
staple, and of all home industries it is
the one for the ..sons of toll. - There
is pleasure in it aside from its pecunia-
ry advantage does not cost much to
start it; it commands ready sale on a
cash basis, and it is light and healthy.
One has not to wait years for some
thing to come in, for, when once fairly
started and properly attended 10, there
will always be more or less revenue
coming in
Many poor man in and around the
suburbs of our cities and towns is day
after day waiting for something te
turn up, and wasting the most pree-
ious part of his life in visionary ideas,
who would. we are sure, be vastly ben
Gifted in pocket, in brain, and in self
respect if he but turned a part of his
time and attention to the breeding and
raising of thoroug Inbred poultry for his
own use, for the market or for sale to
those who like himself contemplate
keeping fowls for pleasure and profit
An1ericdH Poultry Journal
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
A Swing Instead of a GraYestone.

Not long since little girl in this
city not over 10 years old was very i'll.
One day she insisted on seeing her father
at once. He was telephoned at his count,
ing-room, and on reaching the house
the little girl said: s.Papa, I think
am going to die, and want you to do
something for me instead of building a
monument over my grave. What would
a monument cost?n The father tried to
dissuade the child from speaking of
death, but she persisted until finally he
said a monument would cost anv
amount of money that might be desired
to expend on it. "Well," said the
child it would not cost less than 500,
would it?'' The father said he thought
not, but begged the little one to change
the conversation. NO" said she,
81 want you to promise that if die you
will give the 800 to build another
swing in the park for the little children
instead of building a monument for
me" This promise was given with
tears. The child had been in the ha bit
of walking in the park and had mott ced
the delight that many poor childre n
have in swings, and the though
had come to her that might have sug-
gested itself to many of our phiIanthro-
pic citizens, long ago. 1t is a pleasure
to say that the little girl recovered
from her illness and that is the reason,
perhaps, why her fathers promise has
not been kept. Albany Household
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
A Partisan Dentists Suicide.

A Partisan dentist, about 80 years
aid, has just committed suicide in very
tragical circumstances. He had fallen
desperately in love with rather good
king woman, who was singer in
suburban cafe-concert She did not
return his affection. although she con-
tinued to frequent his surgery. She
went there yesterday to have, as she
said, one of her teeth stopped. and the
dentist renewed his protestations of af-
lection but. as she refused to give
him any encouragement, he suddenly
locked the door of the room, sat down
and scribbled q few lines on piece Of
paper, and then deliberately shot HIM
self While dying. according to the
woman's statement. he caught her in
his arms and passionately embraced
her This accounted for her clothes
being covered with blood The neigh
bors state that, besides the report Of q
revolver. they heard sounds of an alter
cation in the surgery. The dentist was
married man, but had lived apart
from his wife for many year. Paris
Letter to London Telegraph
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
A Wise Son.

It is related of a weH-known mer
chant Of a neighboring city that, afte:
making his will and leaving a large
property to a trustee for his son, b.
called the young man in, and. aftel
reading the will to him, asked if there
was any Improvement or alteration
he could suggest
We'll, father, said the young gen.
Heman, lighting cigarette. 4 thinl
as things go nowadays, it would b.
better far if you left the property t
the other fellow and made me trustee. !
The old gentleman made up hi
mind then and there that the yours
man was quite competent to tall
charge of his own inheritance, anil
scratched the trustee clause .out. Ter
as Siftsxgs.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
Salvation Lasses.

English papers are beginning to
comment on the disappearance of the
bright, blooming girls who used to dec
crate the Salvation army The spring
chickens of that holy band are almost
all gone now and their place is taken
by an assortment of the toughest and
stringiest old hens on record This is
evidently the beginning Of the end.
The attractive halleIujah lasses have
been worried out By the uncouth love-
making Of such saints as Ash Barrel
Jimmy and Dead Cat Thomas, and now
these apostles amuse themselves IN q
dreary istless way BY MASKING the eld-
erly yellow girls who still remain true
to the cause. The elderly girls enjoy
this, but to the apostles themselves it IS
as insipid as cold soup when compared
with the gorgeous fun of the good old
days, and many Of them are dropping
off and going on the hustle again.
Sidney Bulletiss.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
Distribution of Forest Trees.

The controlling conditions in the
distribution of forest trees are, first,
the characteristics of the species sec
Dndly, the nature of the soil thirdly,
the chance of distribution of the seed,
and, lastly, the assaults of the animal
enemies which each kind encounters.
Some species-,as, for instance, the
black locust-are extensively subjected
to insect enemies. The oaks, on the
other hand, are, on account of their
acrId. sap. to1erably well protected from
such dangers. As whole, our decid-
uous trees have established, by one de-
vice and another, a tolerably strong
defense against animal pests. In fact,
they owe their continued existence to
their success IN preventing this class
of dangers.
8 Now and then some new enemy
arises, which imperils and may DESTROY
a species. An instance Of this sort has
recently come to the attention of the
present writer from some study of the
forests of Kentucky. which was under
taken with the cooperation of his as
sistants. It appears from these obser-
vations that the white oaks of that dis
trict, which, despite the ravages Of the
ak. still cons titute some of its finest
forests, are in the way to disappear
from their failure to reproduce their
kind. There are. sin ularly few young
white oaks In these woods, and an
abundance of the less desirable varieties
IF red and SnaniSh oaES Tho raacnr